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Almost all of 50 of the UK's biggest employers questioned by the BBC have said they do not plan to bring staff back to the office on a full-time basis. A total of 43 of the firms who spoke to the BBC said they would utilise a combination of home and office working, with staff encouraged to work from

Howard League Scotland has made an urgent appeal for funding. A statement from the organisation reads: "We are a small charity that is fiercely independent of government funding, and we have operated exclusively in Scotland since 1979, but without your help we might not be able to do it for much lon

Terra Firma will host a planning law webinar, on 13th May 2021 at 2pm, with James Findlay QC, Alasdair Burnet QC and Fergus Colquhoun. Mr Findlay will consider two recent Supreme Court cases; one on climate change and environmental challenges: Friends of the Earth v Heathrow Airport Ltd [2020] UKSC

A farmer accidentally annexed part of France to his native Belgium after moving a 200-year-old stone marking the border between the countries. The border marker has been in place since the border was first drawn up in 1819 and ratified in the Treaty of Kortrijk the following year.

A publishing company that was defrauded of over £193,000 as a result of a “whaling” scam has unsuccessfully reclaimed against a decision that its former credit controller was not liable for damages arising from her mistaken payment of the funds to the fraudsters. The pursuers and r

Donoghue v Stevenson has been voted the top Session Case in a poll by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting to mark the bicentenary of the UK's oldest law reports. It was all but a certainty that the case of the snail in the ginger beer whose doctrines have spread across the world would triumph

Lord Ericht reflects on the significance of the cases that topped the Session Cases poll. In July 1930, a full bench of the High Court of Justiciary heard an appeal against conviction in relation to a series of sexual assaults against female employees in a “drapery establishment” at 186

Julie Harris of Allan McDougall Solicitors explains the details of a liability case in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court. On 22 February 2019, Mrs Yvonne Forrest was going to shop at Iceland on Portobello Road, Edinburgh. From the car park, there is a ramp leading towards the shop

Former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini has been appointed as the new chair of Reprieve’s board of trustees. She succeeds Lord Wallace of Tankerness in the post.

Andy Knox has been appointed national legal services manager at Shelter Scotland. Formerly principal solicitor at Lanarkshire Community Law Centre, Mr Knox's new role at Shelter Scotland will see him providing professional and regulatory management and support to the legal team.

Moir and Sweeney Litigation will be representing CRER (Coalition for Racial and Equality Rights) in the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry. CRER has been designated as a core participant in the inquiry into the death of Mr Bayoh, who died on 3 May 2015 after an incident in the street in Kirkcaldy involving officer

The partners of DAC Beachcroft’s Scottish offices have re-elected John Maillie for a third consecutive three-year term as location head for DAC Beachcroft in Scotland. Mr Maillie has held the position of location head for Scotland, which encompasses the firm’s Glasgow and Edinburgh offic

The Council of Europe’s HELP programme (Human rights Education for Legal Professionals) has launched a new online course on the environment and human rights. The six-hour course, which is available free of charge via the HELP online platform, has been developed by experts on the European Conve

Law firm gunnercooke has announced its launch in Scotland, with new offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and with Simon Etchells as its first appointment at the new Scottish practice: gunnercooke SCO LLP. Mr Etchells said: “This is a fantastic addition to the Scottish market, and I am confident t

Lorna Hale provides a new mum’s perspective on the challenges and opportunities of the last year. Returning from maternity leave can be daunting at the best of times. Before I had my baby, I lost count of the number of times people told me that when I returned nothing would have changed.